Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

Chapter 132 The Netherworld

The Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc slowly rose again, hovering in the air above the sea of ​​blood. At that moment, Xuanhuang and Hongjun exchanged a glance.

Hongjun nodded, and Xuanhuang stepped out into the air, reached out and grasped the Book of Life and Death. At the same time, he also grasped the Judge's Pen with his other hand.

At the same time, the twelve-petaled purple lotus of reincarnation appeared beneath his feet, supporting his body.

Xuanhuang prayed to the heavens: "Heaven is above. Now that the cycle of reincarnation has been completed, the Netherworld shall appear and become one of the three realms of the primordial world. I hold the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen. I shall establish the Underworld to maintain the order of reincarnation."

"Boom!"

As soon as Xuanhuang uttered these words, endless power of the Heavenly Dao surged into the Nine Netherworlds, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc also roared and trembled.

The entire Nine Netherworld was constantly changing, like the transformation of the sea into mulberry fields, evolving into various landforms, and even palaces and other buildings.

At this moment, Xuanhuang directly participated in the construction of the Netherworld through the two spiritual treasures, the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen.

There were eighteen layers of continents in total. The top layer was the Tongue-Pulling Hell, the second layer was the Scissors Hell, the third layer was the Iron Tree Hell, the fourth layer was the Hell of Karmic Retribution, the fifth layer was the Steaming Cage Hell, the sixth layer was the Copper Pillar Hell, the seventh layer was the Knife Mountain Hell, the eighth layer was the Ice Mountain Hell, the ninth layer was the Oil Cauldron Hell, the tenth layer was the Ox Pit Hell, the eleventh layer was the Stone Press Hell, the twelfth layer was the Mortar and Pestle Hell, the thirteenth layer was the Blood Pool Hell, the fourteenth layer was the Unjust Death Hell, the fifteenth layer was the Crucifixion Hell, the sixteenth layer was the Volcano Hell, the seventeenth layer was the Stone Mill Hell, and the eighteenth layer was the Saw and Knife Hell.

Each level of hell contains all sorts of magical treasures, such as mountains of knives and seas of fire, scissors and millstones, steamers and iron pillars, and so on.

Even the flow of time differs in each level of hell; the deeper you go, the slower the flow of time.

Above the eighteen levels of hell lies the true institution of the underworld, consisting of ten palaces. With a thought, Xuanhuang severed ten of his own avatars, each becoming the master of one of these ten palaces, known as the Ten Kings of Hell, to guard the underworld.

After the ten palaces, there is another palace. This palace is a place of worship, and the one worshipped is none other than Houtu. Inside, there is a lifelike statue of Houtu in her innate Daoist form.

Behind the statue is a painting depicting Houtu manifesting her true form as the Ancestral Witch, transforming into the six realms of reincarnation.

Moreover, after constructing the eighteen levels of hell and the main structure of the underworld, Xuanhuang also controlled the rules of the Netherworld, and even formed a sun and moon that belonged exclusively to the Netherworld, although they were different from the sun and moon in the starry sky.

The sun and moon in this underworld are both dark red, and the aura they emit is very unique, posing no harm to ghosts.

After the sun and moon were created, Xuanhuang suddenly poured a powerful force of creation into them.

Instantly, the sun and moon of the Netherworld shone brightly, and countless raindrops of light fell upon all parts of the Netherworld.

To the astonishment of all the saints and powerful beings, strange races began to emerge in various parts of the Netherworld.

These races are unique to the Netherworld and are very well-suited to living there, such as the Skeleton Race and the Ghost Race.

While most of them are similar to the races on the primordial land, many others are races created by Xuanhuang.

Seeing this, Nuwa shook her head, thinking to herself, "With this one trick up their sleeve, they still claim to be unskilled in the ways of creation?"

Zhen Yuanzi smiled.

The other sages, however, were clearly more wary.

Next, Xuanhuang even used the power of the rules of the underworld to attract ghosts one by one, and then directly transformed these ghosts into ghost soldiers, ghost generals, ghost commanders, judges, ghost messengers, ghost envoys, impermanence, and so on, who were stationed in the underworld.

In the end, Xuanhuang drew upon the waters of the Netherworld Blood Sea, which transformed into a river that flowed through the eighteen levels of hell, forming a great cycle that encircled the entire Netherworld.

This river was named the River of Oblivion by Xuanhuang, and a bridge was built over it, which was named the Bridge of Helplessness.

With a wave of his hand, countless spider lilies grew and bloomed throughout the underworld, especially near the Bridge of Helplessness, where they bloomed exceptionally brightly.

Other structures, such as the Gates of Hell and the City of the Wrongfully Dead, were also formed one by one. In the end, the entire Netherworld was perfectly constructed.

However, besides the underworld and the eighteen levels of hell, countless large and small netherlands have formed around it, and various races live on the netherlands, just like on the primordial land.

It is not merely a monotonous place of reincarnation.

At this point, the entire Netherworld had been completely evolved.

"Boom!"

The Six Paths of Reincarnation Wheel stabilized completely, and at the same time, a vast amount of merit appeared in the sky above the Netherworld.

Most of them fell towards Xuanhuang, and behind Xuanhuang's head, they transformed into a huge golden wheel of merit.

This golden wheel of merit contains many kinds of merit, such as the merit of Nuwa creating humans, the merit of opening up the Xuanhuang Heaven, the merit of Houtu transforming into a cycle of reincarnation, the merit of establishing one's own underworld, and so on.

The merit was so great that it was enough for Xuanhuang to attain enlightenment. Therefore, at this moment, Xuanhuang had essentially attained enlightenment again, and his cultivation level had increased significantly.

Seeing this, even the Three Pure Ones and other sages couldn't help but feel envious. They knew that Xuanhuang's path to enlightenment was already far superior to theirs, achieved through merit. Now that Xuanhuang had also attained enlightenment through merit, wouldn't the gap between them be even greater?

Styx also gained a lot of merit, but he still had no hope of attaining enlightenment through merit.

At that moment, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc suddenly rippled, and a powerful will emerged, condensing countless merits, which transformed into a woman in palace attire, none other than Houtu.

In total, although Xuanhuang gained a lot of merit, it was definitely not as much as Houtu. However, Houtu's body was transformed into reincarnation, so although she had merit, it was not of much use to her.

This merit can only be used to make one's thoughts take form, and it is only limited to the Netherworld. It is useless outside the Netherworld.

After Houtu's consciousness materialized, she looked at the Netherworld that had already formed and sighed, saying, "From now on, Houtu will no longer be a witch; my name is Pingxin."

As soon as she finished speaking, Houtu's appearance changed, and she transformed into an old woman. Before anyone could react, she vanished in a flash.

With this, the story of Houtu's reincarnation, the opening of the Netherworld, and the establishment of the Underworld came to an end.

Hongjun also issued a decree forbidding the saints from disrupting reincarnation, and then disappeared.

Therefore, although the saints also had their own ideas about reincarnation, at this time, firstly, there was the decree of Hongjun supervising the operation of reincarnation in the Netherworld, and secondly, the Netherworld was still under the control of Xuanhuang. For the time being, the saints were helpless.

We can only go back for now and wait for an opportunity to try to reincarnate in the future. Not to mention fighting for it, it is necessary to gain some benefits.

Soon after Hongjun left, all the saints and powerful beings from all sides also left the Netherworld.

At this moment, Xuanhuang looked at Styx and said to Styx, "Fellow Daoist Styx, I hereby bestow upon you the position of Dao Lord of the Asura Path. You may assist the Ten Kings of Hell in managing this Netherworld."

"Rest assured, Heavenly Venerable." Upon hearing this, Styx was overjoyed and quickly replied.

Xuanhuang nodded, waved his hand, and with a boom, the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc finally started to operate.

In an instant, countless beings in the Three Realms of the Primordial World seemed to see a huge shadow slowly rotating and enveloping the entire Three Realms.

Meanwhile, countless wandering ghosts were drawn by the Six Paths of Reincarnation and flew into the various reincarnation channels.

These paths of reincarnation are also known as the Yellow Springs Path. In fact, when Xuanhuang drew the water of the Blood Sea to evolve the River of Oblivion and the Yellow Springs, it connected the Three Realms. These Yellow Springs Paths can be formed anywhere.

It allows any ghost born anywhere in the Three Realms to enter the Netherworld.

Otherwise, if they just drifted aimlessly towards the Netherworld like this, they would probably be intercepted halfway there.

How could even half a ghost possibly reach the underworld?

(End of this chapter)